ACCRA: A popular Ghanaian social activist who has led protests against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government has been arrested after making comments on social media about plotting a coup, the police said on Saturday.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor, leader of the pressure group #FixTheCountry, which has championed protests in the West African country over economic hardships among other issues, was detained on his arrival from the UK at an airport on Friday.
Barker-Vormawor posted on social media that he will stage a coup if Parliament passes a controversial bill, popularly known as E-Levy.
The bill is proposing a 1.75% tax on electronic transactions including mobile money payments.
“If this E-Levy passes... I will do the coup myself. Useless Army!” Barker-Vormawor said in a series of posts on Facebook.
“The post contained a clear statement of intent with a possible will to execute a coup in his declaration of intent to subvert the constitution of the Republic of Ghana,” the police said in a statement.
He is expected to be arraigned in court on Monday.
A police spokesman said the activist was being questioned to decide the formal charges that he will face in court.
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